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    "id": 400131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwiru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 107,
        "legal_name": "Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru",
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    "content": "On why 1,700 leases prepared prior to the appointment of the new Director- General have not been signed yet, the Cabinet Secretary informed the Committee that many grants and leases had been prepared and forwarded to the former Commissioner of Lands for execution and transition provisions but was unable to sign them on health grounds. The issue of signing grants and leases was under discussion between her office and the National Land Commission and the Attorney-General. Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Chairman of the National Land Commission, Professor Muhammad Swazuri appeared before the Committee and responded to queries raised by the Members as follows: That the appointment of Mr. Peter Kahuho as Director-General, Lands, was discussed with the Cabinet Secretary in an informal meeting called in her office at 5.30 p.m. on 10th October, 2013. At the meeting, he advised that the status quo be upheld as the signing of titles, according to him, was one of the functions of the National Land Commission. He also advised that the matter be put on hold pending finalisation of regulations for the Land Acts and their approval by Parliament. Despite his reservations, the Cabinet Secretary directed the Legal Officer, Mrs. Margaret Cheboiywo, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Land Commission, Mr. Tom Chavangi and another person in her office at the time to work on the gazette notice and that when inquiring later from the CEO at 8.30 p.m., the notice had already been drafted and sent to the Government Printer. That the delay in the constitution of the National Land Commission was responsible for the buildup of unsigned leases coupled with the moratorium placed on the processing of titles by the Government. The build up later eased following the legal advice from the Attorney-General to the effect that Mr. Zablon Mabea would continue signing titles as per the transitional clauses in the Land Registration Act. The Commission was finalizing with the regulations on the Land Acts with a view to having a stakeholders retreat on the same before Parliament went on recess in December 2013."
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